Because I refuse to install the Reddit official app.
Ditto
My favorite Reddit app was killed (RIF), but I stumbled into Red Reader. For some reason Reddit still allowed it to continue. It's not bad.
I felt like I wanted to be part of the solution by stopping my usage of reddit. I didn’t want to continue to support a site I fundamentally disagree with on how they handled their monetization strategy by screwing over so many people.
At this point, I no longer doom scroll reddit or even lemmy and it feels good to not waste my time doing so.
Hmm, I was curious about this so I looked:
It has been agreed that RedReader falls under the exemption for non-commercial accessibility-focused apps, due to the work that has been done to optimize the app for screen readers, and the app's high level of usage within the blind community.
Revanced baby. If you get the urge to use rif again.
To help people realize that neoliberal capitalism is causing climate change and must be replaced with a planned economy to lessen the impact when society inevitably collapses.
Everyone here has already reached that conclusion or they’d be on corporate social media. You must be doing a bang up job! Thank you for your service
This allows me to vent about our situation. I prefer humor to doomerism. I’m actually quite optimistic about the future. We have the opportunity to evolve our interpersonal relationships and develop a world based on sharing and not selfishness. I’m confident we will succeed. The dystopian vision that is displayed in media is designed to make us hopeless and maintain the status quo.
Were prehistoric animals neoliberal capitalists? Because a lot of them died due to climate change.
One thing that hasn't changed from Reddit is the naive politics of all sides. Depressing.
I'm bored.
Toilet break
Pooping.
Poop gang unite!
Why are you on Lemmy
Reddit refugee.
right now?
Shittin'
Same. Same.
I'm shy but I still have the human desire for social interaction. Written communication with anonymous strangers strikes a good balance between avoiding shyness triggers and fulfilling that desire to be social.
(Shy probably isn't the right word. I have no problem giving a formal presentation to a room full of my coworkers, but I won't initiate an informal conversation with a coworker in the break room.)
Fuck spez
Two types of people in this post:
- Those answering "Why are you on Lemmy and not doing something productive", and
- those answering "Why are you on Lemmy and not Reddit"
You forgot yourself. It's three
Poor impulse control
I came here because of the reddit strike. I am one of those idiots that used the official app anyway but i did not like the way they handled the change. I changed to lemmy and after a couple of days I deleted my reddit account. I actually don`t remember when I had this much fun exploring a part of the internet. I just love the community. Sure there could be more content and especially discussion in the comments but I take the slower content generation over the toxic cesspool most large online communities have become any day of the week.
Morning routine.
Standard issue poop break
But is the poop standard?
Asking the real questions.
Military issue poop explode
Because fuck spez that’s why. Deleted my 10+ year old mod account back when they killed Apollo. Haven’t been back (and don’t plan to either).
Procrastinating on work, as usual.
Here, here.
My discomfort while being bored
My code is compiling.
💩 break
Doomscrolling
Reddit killed my app 😭
Looking at Lemmy so far I see no reason to return to Reddit, especially with them monetising karma and whatever that crypto thing is they introduced
especially with them monetising karma
wtf? what happened? I deleted my reddit account, so I'm ootl.
In some communities, users can give other users tips in addition to upvoting
Reddit doesn't work on my phone and my PC takes ages loading Baldur's gate 3
I'm not.
Because Reddit got boring af. And annoying. Spambots everywhere because of API shutdown.
Fediverse is a healthy alternative I don't need to feel bad about. I feel shameful and don't want to talk about it when I use Reddit, which I stopped using anyways.
Cuz I got nothing better to do.
bus ride home
Reddit really
i was even using the official app but i switched to fatbird before going to lemmy
Same reason I was on Reddit at work before. I’m taking a dump and need something to do. And now my bowel movements are free of corporate interests
died on counter strike. Waiting for next round :D
Reading leftist memes and LGBTQIA+ basic tips for like daily life. Oh and the Autism/ADHD community tips, too. I'm pretty burnt out on commenting on news posts, and hope to make more original posts around culture and tech stuff.
Because I used boost for Reddit and I wasn't going to use Reddit without it. Now I just like the concept of Lemmy.
As in right now? Sitting outside in the city center on a Friday night watching people having fun with friends and trying to feel the same vicariously through them.
Don't want to appear staring so I'm typing on my phone.
You mean at the very moment? I'm waiting for my gf to come to sleep. In general? Boycotting Reddit and I still like to get my news curated
Wasting time and I fucking hate reddit
It's a whole new world.
thanks for that. now my brain is 🎶 🎵 🎶 🎵
It's a magic carpet ride
Definitely not procrastinating at work, honest
Checking my Lemmy messages. I love going back and forth with people in comments.
I very much enjoy it here. It feels like the first non toxic social media that has existed in terms of its personality. People seem friendly and willing to face discussion. It's also nice to interact without ads and idiots like Zuck and Musk.
If there's people there will be toxicity. Look at all of the down voted comments in major threads, it's just reddit with less people. Still a public communication platform.
Because it’s an outlet for my non-grumpy, cheery personality.
During the day I can be too serious, mostly because I don’t feel safe to express myself fully in public. So I use Lemmy to have some fun, leave a silly reply if I feel like it and post some nice images.
I haven’t done this in years. Before, I spend most of the time just lurking around. It feels good to just let go and be myself with strangers :)I don't even know
read some articles
because I'm taking a shit
Rougly 43 seconds before seeing this post, I was looking to some really cool artworks and photography pieces, on dedicated communities.
Insomnia.
That's a good chunk of why I'm here. Any post at 3am is this. I'm in a timezone, so who can guess when that applies. If you do the work to figure it out, you have no life.
ETA: Also, solidarity with fellow insomniacs. If this is a consistent problem for you, look into seeing a for sleeping pills.
Apollo stopped working and Voyager scratches that itch.
I don't use reddit on mobile (and use it much much less on desktop with RES, Old reddit, and an adblocker, I still like the computer oriented subs)
Mental outlaw/kenny.
Oh has he talked about Lemmy? I watch some of this stuff sometimes, haven't seen that I don't think tho. I'm mostly herr because I didn't like what reddit was doing even though I used the official app the whole time
Discount Drake
It was during the mini-exodus, gotta start somewhere
I prefer not to say.
Gotta get those stimmies
Can't sleep and I need a distraction
Interest over much how it's picking up steam in relation to the alien site. Pleasantly surprised!
Morning coffee.
Scrolling when I should be sleeping
While also debating myself on sharing some art I recently made
bored, slightly hungover. just scrolling through.
Spez stabbed baconreader in broad daylight so now I get my dopamine fix through Liftoff.
On the bright side, with smaller communities I have cut my time on lemmy in half from what it was on reddit to the point my wife has even brought up how less frequently I am staring at my phone.
Why am I on lemmy right now? Because it's Friday so I am doing as little work as possible. I think I'll go make some eggs.
How were the eggs?
So good
I'm having a coffee before I drop the kids off at the pool.
Kbin, but I’m bored and procrastinating
Because I was banned from all of Reddit for ban evasion in a sub I wasn’t even banned from. Not coincidentally, it was right after speaking out against the the treatment of 3rd party developers over API use.
Because Reddit is just crap anymore.
Figuring out whats up in the world. I open the all feed and sort by top in past 12 hours. Thunder client ftw.
Checking my communities.
Looking for world and culture news in bed before starting my day
Beans
right now? always
My daughter and her netball team are having a session at flip out. It's 4pm and I want to go home. I have things to do. We've been out since 8am.
Wasting time while I wait for my girlfriend to hand in her notice 😂 she got a better job 👍
I'm driving a school bus. (just kidding)
Just passing time. That's why I'm currently browsing.
Work is lame and this passes the day along...
Just woke up and wanted to have a leisurely scroll.
Procrastinatin'
Post nut clarity?
Just taking a break from work and wanted to browse a bit while I am relaxing.
Because my roommates dumbass mother keeps waking me up after 5 hours of sleep and I'm too livid to fall back asleep
You ever spent a day working on a personal project where you absolutely blazed through the work and are excited about jumping back in the next day but being so excited you can't sleep and just browse. Yeah
Because I can 💪
Anyway mostly to screw reddit.Caught up on discord.
I'm in the carpark at the shops and I got distracted after picking up my phone..
News, soccer, and some memes.
Bored
Because my normal iceshrimp instance broke and im waiting til i get home to swap it to akkoma
to help grow the fediverse community, help kick start critical mass
I'm not.
It's Friday afternoon and I am experiencing a Brain Full Error.
dota game coordinator is down
on my way home
To answer the question asked in this post...
i should be writing
Bored and sleepy. I'm so glad it's Friday.
Just finished for the week and catching up on my social media.
Because I'm waiting on someone from headend to get to a ssag, so I can trouble shoot why this light level is so low.
bored in class
Because my direct is very wordy and I'm maybe not the best boss.
Waiting on the bus.
I’m bored and lonely. Used to go to Reddit but Apollo shut down, so now I’m here.
What app are you using at the mo?
Curious since i'm only aware of two and haven't heard about them in a while
Not the commenter but I'm using Voyager
I’m an iPhone heathen so I don’t have access to the Android apps. I’ve been using Mlem and it’s pretty similar to Apollo. Not as feature rich yet, and sometimes it’s a little quirky, but not bad for a relatively new app.
Commercials on tv
I am in hospital and bored out of my mind. I keep scrolling and scrolling and...
I rent a server and like to self host stuff.
Waiting for the rest of Reddit to follow. [Drums Fingers Impatiently]
Like you, we’re all bots.
For some fun times
well I was on lemmy to avoid redditors
Today I'm scrolling and cleaning up my feed, banned chap traphouse and a few toxic commenters enjoying my first month on lemmy
Because the reddit official app suck. But reading comments in news subs I feel like the majority here are tankies. And I'd rather use dumb official reddit app than be with tankies
You couldn't even properly answer the question.
It was "why are you here?"
The answer you provided was why you don't want to be here.
Yet here you are.
I really like the UI of the jerboah app
